3、If you take a look at the best-selling books in the UK these days, it is almost certain that there will be a lot of autobiographies in that list. Bill Clinton, Nelson Mandela and actor Michael J Fox have all written them.

       An autobiography is the story of a person’s life, written by that person. It is usually a very famous person who might tell us all about their childhood, how they became famous and any other interesting things that have happened in their lives.

      Traditionally, someone would write an autobiography when they were older because they had had a long, successful life. However, these days there are many magazines with stories and photos of the stars which sell very well. Reality TV shows are extremely popular and lots of people become famous very easily just from being on the TV rather than being able to sing or act well. As a result, people become famous very quickly and as soon as they are famous, a lot of money can be made from writing an autobiography, even if they are very young.

       So now you can find an autobiography from almost everyone who is in the public eye. Even though we can follow the lives of the stars very closely on TV or in magazines nowadays, we maybe don’t know how they live their lives from day to day. Autobiographies often give the information we never knew about the stars. The British public are very curious to find out more so they are very eager to read autobiographies.

       Not every star wants to write though. Sometimes stars employ writers to write their life stories for them. The writer will interview the star, listen to everything they want to say, record interviews and then write the book based on their words. David Beckham did this with his book My Side.

       Not everyone likes to read books regularly but they might like to read about the lives of stars. Autobiographies are helping to get more British people reading books. About 100 million autobiographies are sold in Britain every year. More stars depend on them for extra income and as more of these books appear in the shops, more people are sure to keep buying them.

1．An autobiography is         .

       A．a(chǎn)lways a best-seller in the UK

       B．someone’s life story normally written by themselves

       C．a(chǎn) magazine with stories and photos of a star

       D．a(chǎn) program that tells us the lives of the stars nowadays

2．Traditionally, someone would write his autobiography when             .

       A．they became famous

       B．they wanted to make money

       C．they were older and had achieved a lot

       D．they wanted to share their childhood with the readers

3．The writer probably would agree that autobiographies are good in that            .

       A．they tell us a lot about the everyday life of famous people

       B．famous people earn a lot of money by selling them

       C．they encourage people to read

       D．we can learn a lot from them

1、面對(duì)繁重的高中學(xué)習(xí)任務(wù)，高中生對(duì)參加學(xué)�；顒�(dòng)有著不同的看法，請(qǐng)以Taking Part in School Activities 為題，用英文寫(xiě)一篇150詞左右的短文，著重介紹兩種不同的觀點(diǎn)和態(tài)度，最后談你個(gè)人看法。不得署名。

       △很多學(xué)生持擁護(hù)態(tài)度，認(rèn)為既可以學(xué)到實(shí)踐知識(shí)，又可以得到放松；

       △不少學(xué)生不關(guān)心，認(rèn)為學(xué)習(xí)就應(yīng)該學(xué)習(xí)，學(xué)校活動(dòng)與學(xué)習(xí)無(wú)關(guān)。嘲諷積極參加學(xué)校活

    動(dòng)的學(xué)生。

       標(biāo)題和開(kāi)頭已給，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)。少于或多于150詞20個(gè)以上扣2分。

Taking Part in School Activities

       As for school activities, students mainly hold two views.

34、Let us suppose that you are in _____ position of _____ parent. Would you allow your child to do such a thing?

A. a; a             B. a; the           C. the; a            D. the; the

33、His application was turned down, _____ his health condition.

A. to consider       B. considering      C. considered        D. being considered

32、We disagreed with each other ______ where we should stay during the trip.

A. as to           B. as with          C. as on           D. as about

31、When we finally ______ to get home after the tiring long journey, we could hardly move a step further.

A. tried          B. succeeded           C. managed          D. attempted

30、When caught ______, he begged for my pardon and tried ______ punishment.

A. cheating; escaping                           B. cheating; to escape

C. to be cheating; escaping                       D. to be cheating; to escape

29、A smile can help us ______ difficult situations and find friends in a world of strangers. 

A. go over        B. get over          C. go through         D. get through